ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,082, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to GE VERNOVA INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"DC energy storage system" was invented by Colin Davidson (Stafford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A DC energy storage system may include first and second DC terminals for connection to a DC link, a DC energy storage converter including a number of modules connected in series between the first and second DC terminals, each module including at least one switching element and at least one battery, the or each switching element and the or each battery in each module being combinable to selectively provide a voltage source...